Lutyens Restaurant

Gracing Fleet Street since 1939, this elegant building designed by Lutyens is now home to a coolly minimalistic restaurant, which bears the Conran stamp, even including some art from his private collection on the walls. There's also a large bar with a charcuterie counter, a shellfish bar where you can tuck into oysters and fruits de mer with a glass of wine, members' club and private rooms. There's a decidedly French focus to the menu, which is full of brasserie classics and lots of appealing combinations. Start perhaps with steak tartare, soupe de poisson, or go for a bit of luxury in the form of a potato pancake with smoked salmon and caviar. Main-courses take the same route, so roast rump of lamb with Puy lentils sits alongside roast wood pigeon with seared foie gras, and to finish, there's lemon tart or pineapple carpaccio with blood orange sorbet.